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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Barefoot Booties

Here are some super cute baby sandals made from a T-shirt.

What You'll Need:

- 1 adult size t-shirt (L or XL should work fine)

- piece of felt in the same color as t-shirt

-needle and thread

- glue gun

- fabric scissors

The How To:

- First trim off the hem of the t-shirt. Be sure to cut as close to the stitching as possible.

- Cut the hem into 3 strips. Mine were about 2 1/2 - 3 inches long. To be sure what size you need measure around the babies foot. ( I cut one strip to the measurement that I got around the ankle, and 2 from the measurement from the top of the foot)

- Next I stitched together the 2 that will go across the top of the foot. Just a couple of stitches will work....to make the straps look like an X.

- Then, I stitched together the ends of the straps to make circles. See the photo below.

- Next i cut 2 small circles ( that arn't bigger than the top of the babies foot) from the felt.

- Then glue the 2 straps onto the felt. Make sure that the stitching that makes the straps look like an X is not glued to the felt.

- Next glue the 3rd strap on (this is the one that will go around the ankle) at an angle as shown in the picture below.

- Glue the other small circle of felt on.....sandwiching the straps in between the 2 felt circles.

- Next comes the flower...it is also made from the t-shirt.

You can make you favorite flower to add or you can make this one.

- Cut out 4 flower shapes in different sizes from the t-shirt.

- I did a loose stitch in the middle of each flower and then pulled it tight to gather the flower. I did this to each flower and then I glued them together...one on top of the other.

1. what size t-shirt. I bought a child's but it doesn't have enough length for 2 booties. So i bought an XL woman's t shirt. It would help to put a measuring tape next to the strips.

2. The blog says:- Cut the hem into 3 strips. Mine were about 2.5 - 3 inches long. Oh goodness, that's weird. I just pasted this phrase from your blog which says--Cut the hem into 3 steps about 25-3 inches long. This is confusing. So I copied it and pasted it here in my comment and the paste says 2.5 -3 inches--how funny.

I have a question.. I made these and when I tried to put them on my baby's feet they were really really tight to get the ankle strap on. It this because of my poor measuring? Or is there a certain way to put them on? Thanks!